Chrysanthemum plant named &#39;dlfjamd3&#39;

ABSTRACT

A new and distinct cultivar of  Chrysanthemum  plant named ‘DLFJAMD3’, characterized by its upright plant habit; vigorous growth habit and rapid growth rate; dark green-colored leaves; uniform and freely flowering habit; strong upright flowering stems with numerous inflorescences; pompon-type inflorescences with light purple-colored ray florets that when developing are distally darker purple in color giving a bi-colored appearance; relative tolerance to low and high production temperatures; resistance to Fusarium Wilt and White Rust; and good postproduction longevity.

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Title: Varieties of Chrysanthemum Plants

Inventor/Applicant: Arie Gerard Post

Filed: Nov. 5, 2019

Ser. No. 62/973,983

Inventor/Applicant hereby claim the benefit of this provisional U.S. Patent Application.

Botanical designation: Chrysanthemum X morifolium.

Cultivar denomination: ‘DLFJAMD3’.

STATEMENT REGARDING PRIOR DISCLOSURES BY INVENTOR/APPLICANT & ASSIGNEE

An European Community Plant Breeder's Rights application for the instant plant was filed by the Assignee, Deliflor Royalties B.V. of Maasdijk, The Netherlands on Jul. 29, 2019, application number 2019/1843. Foreign priority is not claimed to this application.

The Inventor/Applicant and Assignee assert that no publications nor advertisements relating to sales, offers for sale or public distribution occurred more than one year prior to the effective filing date of this application. Any information about the claimed plant would have been obtained from a direct or indirect disclosure from the Inventor/Applicant and/or the Assignee. Inventor/Applicant and Assignee claim a prior art exemption under 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(1) for disclosure and/or sales prior to the filing date but less than one year prior to the effective filing date.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant, botanically known as Chrysanthemum x morifolium, typically grown as a cut flower Chrysanthemum and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘DLFJAMD3’.

The new Chrysanthemum plant is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Maasdijk, The Netherlands. The objective of the breeding program is to create new cut flower Chrysanthemum plants with numerous attractive inflorescences.

The new Chrysanthemum plant is a naturally-occurring whole plant mutation of Chrysanthemum x morifolium ‘DLFJAM3’, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 32,006. The new Chrysanthemum plant was discovered and selected as a single flowering plant from within a population of plants of ‘DLFJAM3’ in a controlled greenhouse environment in Maasdijk, The Netherlands in March, 2018.

Asexual reproduction of the new Chrysanthemum plant by vegetative terminal cuttings since March, 2018 has shown that the unique features of this new Chrysanthemum plant are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations of asexual reproduction.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Plants of the new Chrysanthemum have not been observed under all possible combinations of environmental conditions and cultural practices. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environmental conditions such as temperature, daylength and light intensity, without, however, any variance in genotype.

The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘DLFJAMD3’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘DLFJAMD3’ as a new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant:

-   -   1. Upright plant habit.     -   2. Vigorous growth habit and rapid growth rate.     -   3. Dark green-colored leaves.     -   4. Uniform and freely flowering habit.     -   5. Strong upright flowering stems with numerous inflorescences.     -   6. Pompon-type inflorescences with light purple-colored ray         florets that when developing are distally darker purple in color         giving a bi-colored appearance.     -   7 Relatively tolerant to low and high production temperatures.     -   8. Resistant to Fusarium Wilt and White Rust.     -   9. Good postproduction longevity.

Plants of the new Chrysanthemum differ from plants of the mutation parent, ‘DLFJAM3’, in ray floret color as plants of the new Chrysanthemum have light purple-colored ray florets that when developing are distally darker purple in color whereas ray florets of ‘DLFJAM3’ are lighter and paler purple in color.

Plants of the new Chrysanthemum can be compared to plants of Chrysanthemum X morifolium ‘DLFIZABA’, not patented. In side-by-side comparisons, plants of the new Chrysanthemum differ primarily from plants of ‘DLFIZABA’ in ray floret color as plants of the new Chrysanthemum have light purple-colored ray florets that when developing are distally darker purple in color whereas ray florets of ‘DLFIZABA’ are lighter and paler purple in color. In addition, plants of the new Chrysanthemum have smaller inflorescences than plants of ‘DLFIZABA’.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

The accompanying photographs illustrate the overall appearance of the new Chrysanthemum plant showing the colors as true as it is reasonably possible to obtain in colored reproductions of this type.

The photograph on the first sheet comprises a side perspective view of a typical flowering stein of ‘DLFJAMD3’ grown as a spray-type cut flower.

The photograph on the second sheet is a close-up view of upper (top of the photographic sheet) and lower (bottom of the photographic sheet) surfaces of typical leaves (left) and inflorescences (right).

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

The aforementioned photographs and following observations and measurements describe plants grown during the late spring in ground beds in a glass-covered greenhouse in Maasdijk, The Netherlands and under cultural practices typical of commercial cut Chrysanthemum production. Plants were initially given long day/short night treatments followed by short day/long night treatments to induce flower initiation and development. During the production of the plants, day temperatures ranged from 18° C. to 25° C., night temperatures ranged from 20° C. to 22° C. and light levels averaged 8 klux. Plants were grown as single-stem spray-type plants and were seven weeks old when the photographs and the description were taken. In the following description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, 2015 Edition, except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used.

-   Botanical classification: Chrysanthemum X morifolium ‘DLFJAMD3’. -   Parentage: Naturally-occurring whole plant mutation of Chrysanthemum     x morifolium ‘DLFJAM3’, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 31,943. -   Propagation:     -   -   Type.—Terminal vegetative cuttings.         -   Time to initiate roots, summer.—About four days at             temperatures about 20° C.         -   Time to initiate roots, winter.—About six days at             temperatures about 20° C.         -   Time to produce a rooted young plant, summer.—About 13 days             at temperatures about 22 ° C.         -   Time to produce a rooted young plant, winter.—About 15 days             at temperatures about 20° C.         -   Root description.—Fine, fibrous; typically light brown in             color, actual color of the roots is dependent on substrate             composition, water quality, fertilizers, substrate             temperature and physiological age of roots.         -   Rooting habit.—Freely branching, medium density. -   Plant description:     -   -   Plant and growth habit.—Herbaceous decorative pompon-type             cut flower that is typically grown as a single stein             spray-type; upright plant habit; vigorous growth habit and             rapid growth rate.         -   Plant height, soil level to top of foliar plane.—About 75.3             cm.         -   Plant height, soil level to top of inflorescence             plane.—About 79.2 cm.         -   Plant (spray) diameter.—About 16.3 cm.         -   Flowering stein length.—About 74 cm.         -   Flowering stein diameter.—About 6 mm.         -   Flowering stein internode length.—About 2.1 cm.         -   Flowering stein strength.—Strong.         -   Flowering stein aspect.—Erect.         -   Flowering stein texture and luster.—Moderately to densely             pubescent; moderately glossy.         -   Flowering stein color, developing.—Close to 144A.         -   Flowering stein color, developed.—Close to between 143A and             144A slightly tinged with close to 177B.         -   Leaf description.—Arrangement: Alternate; simple. Length:             About 7.1 cm. Width: About 4.5 cm. Shape: Oblong to broadly             ovate. Apex: Abruptly acute. Base: Attenuate. Margin:             Palmately lobed, coarsely serrate to dentate; sinuses             convergent to parallel and medium to deep in depth. Texture             and luster, upper surface: Moderately pubescent, not rugose;             moderately velvety; slightly glossy. Texture and luster,             lower surface: Densely pubescent, prominent venation;             slightly velvety; very slightly glossy. Venation pattern:             Pinnate, reticulate. Color: Developing leaves, upper             surface: Close NN137A. Developing leaves, lower surface:             Close to 147B. Fully developed leaves, upper surface:             Slightly darker than NN137A; venation, close to 147C. Fully             developed leaves, lower surface: Close to 147B; venation,             close to 146C. Petioles: Length: About 1.8 cm. Diameter:             About 2 mm by 3 mm. Strength: Moderately strong. Texture and             luster, upper and lower surfaces: Densely pubescent;             moderately glossy. Color, upper surface: Close to 146B to             146C; edges, close to NN137A. Color, lower surface: Close to             146B to 146C; edges, close to 137A. Stipules: Quantity and             appearance: Two leafy stipules, opposite, at the petiole             attachment to the stein. Length: About 6 mm. Width: About             8 mm. Shape: Reniform. Texture and luster, upper surface:             Moderately pubescent, not rugose; moderately velvety;             slightly glossy. Texture and luster, lower surface: Densely             pubescent, prominent venation; slightly velvety; very             slightly glossy. Color, upper surface: Slightly darker than             NN137A. Color, lower surface: Close to 147B. -   Inflorescence description:     -   -   Appearance.—Decorative pompon-type inflorescence form with             narrowly obovate to oblanceolate-shaped ray florets and             tubular disc florets; inflorescences borne perpendicular to             peduncles and face mostly upright to slightly outwardly; ray             and disc florets develop acropetally on a capitulum.         -   Fragrance.—Faintly fragrant; typical of Chrysanthemums.         -   Flowering response.—Under natural conditions, plant flower             in the autumn/winter in the Northern Hemisphere; at other             times of the year, inflorescence initiation and development             can be induced under short day/long night conditions (at             least 13.5 hours of darkness); uniform flowering habit and             short response time, plants exposed to two weeks of long             day/short night conditions after planting followed by             photoinductive short day/long night conditions flower about             38 days later when grown as a spray-type.         -   Postproduction longevity.—Good postproduction longevity; in             an interior environment, inflorescences and foliage will             maintain good color and substance for about two weeks;             inflorescences persistent.         -   Quantity of inflorescences.—Freely flowering habit; when             grown as a spray-type, about 15 inflorescences develop per             flowering stein.         -   Inflorescence size.—Diameter: About 4.1 cm. Depth (height):             About 1.7 cm. Disc diameter: About 2 mm; inconspicuous.         -   Receptacles.—Height: About 5 mm. Diameter: About 7 mm.             Shape: Flattened globular. Color: Close to 145B and 145C.         -   Inflorescence buds.—Height: About 9 mm. Diameter: About             1.4 cm. Shape: Flattened globular. Texture and luster:             Distally, smooth and glabrous; proximally, moderately             pubescent; moderately glossy. Color: Close to 137A to 137D;             immature ray florets, close to 151D and 70B.         -   Ray florets.—Quantity and arrangement: About 420 arranged in             about eleven whorls. Length: About 1.4 cm; varying between             0.6 cm and 1.9 cm. Width: About 4.5 mm; varying between 1 mm             and 8 mm. Shape: Narrowly obovate to oblanceolate; strongly             involute and moderately to strongly carinate. Apex: Obtuse             to shallowly emarginate. Base: Attenuate. Margin: Entire;             not undulate. Aspect: Initially upright to about 40° from             vertical. Texture and luster, upper surface: Smooth,             glabrous; moderately velvety; matte. Texture and luster,             lower surface: Smooth, glabrous; slightly velvety; very             slightly glossy. Color: When opening, upper surface: Close             to 75B; distally, close to 75A to 75B. When opening, lower             surface: Close to 75B. Fully opened, upper surface: Close to             75B to 75C; venation, similar to lamina colors; color             becoming closer to 76C with development. Fully opened, lower             surface: Close to between 75C and 76B; venation, similar to             lamina colors; color does not change with development.         -   Disc florets.—Quantity and arrangement: About five to ten at             the center of the receptacle; disc florets inconspicuous.             Length: About 4 mm. Diameter: About 1 mm. Shape: Lower 80%             fused into a tube; upper 20% free. Apex: Narrowly acute.             Margin, free-part: Entire. Texture and luster, inner and             outer surfaces: Smooth, glabrous; glossy. Color, when             opening, inner and outer surfaces: Distally, close to 144C;             at the apex, close to 144A; and proximally, close to 145B.             Color, fully opened, inner and outer surfaces: Distally,             close to 144B and proximally, close to 145B.         -   Involucral bracts.—Quantity and arrangement: About 32             arranged in about two whorls. Length: About 1.1 cm. Width:             About 4.5 mm. Shape: Narrowly ovate. Apex: Obtuse. Base:             Cuneate. Margin: Entire. Texture and luster, upper surface:             Smooth, glabrous; glossy. Texture and luster, lower surface:             Moderately pubescent; matte. Color, upper surface: Close to             146B to 146D; margins, translucent and close to 157D and             N199A. Color, lower surface: Close to 137A and NN137B;             margins, translucent and close to 157D and N199A.         -   Peduncles.—Length, terminal peduncle: About 5.2 cm.             Diameter, terminal peduncle: About 3 mm. Length, third             peduncle: About 6.5 cm. Diameter, third peduncle: About             3 mm. Strength: Strong. Aspect, terminal peduncle: Mostly             upright. Aspect, third peduncle: About 30° from the             flowering stein axis. Texture and luster: Densely pubescent;             moderately glossy. Color: Close to 143A.         -   Reproductive organs.—Androecium: Present on disc florets             only. Quantity: About five per floret. Filament length:             About 1.5 mm. Filament color: Close to 145D. Anther size:             About 0.5 mm by 1.5 mm. Anther shape: Narrowly oblong.             Anther color: Close to 154D. Pollen amount: None observed.             Gynoecium: Present on both ray and disc florets. Quantity:             One per floret. Pistil length: About 5 mm. Style length:             About 4.5 mm. Style color: Close to 145D. Stigma diameter:             About 1 mm. Stigma shape: Cleft, decurrent. Stigma color:             Close to 153D. Ovary color: Close to 157A.         -   Seeds and fruits.—To date, seed and fruit production have             not been observed on plants of the new Chrysanthemum. -   Pathogen & pest resistance: Plants of the new Chrysanthemum have     been observed to be resistant to Fusarium Wilt (Fusarium oxysporum     spp. chrysanthemi (FoNL1)) and White Rust (Puccinia horiana (PhNL1     and PhBE6)). To date, plants of the new Chrysanthemum have not been     observed to be resistant or tolerant to pests and other pathogens     common to Chrysanthemum plants grown under commercial conditions. -   Temperature tolerance: Plants of the new Chrysanthemum have been     observed to tolerate temperatures ranging from about −12° C. to     35° C. and to be suitable for USDA Hardiness Zones 8 to 10. 

It is claimed:
 1. A new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant named ‘DLFJAMD3’ as illustrated and described. 